that's what people outside and even many inside don't understand about Russia - many people there, even university graduates, will stay there at their own will. Putin is really supported by the Russian people - that is the real deep problem, ie. the problem is with the people not with the one of them who just happened to be the leader.
To "adamnemecek" (below) - no. Unfortunately support of Putin (or at least of the national ideas he is actively using/riding/associating himself with) among the "enlightened" people is appallingly high. The people mentioned by the parent have had ample opportunities to emigrate and they haven't.